Being Gay in Japan: The Ups and Downs

Tokyo Issues Japan’s First Same-Sex Marriage Certificate

Almost 70 percent of married women in Japan believe same-sex marriage should be legalized, a government survey showed Friday. You can use this to streamline signing up for, or signing in to your Hubpages account. This is used to collect data on traffic to articles and other pages on our site.

Public Opinion

Since ; was illegal from —; before that there were no laws forbidding same-sex relationships. She became the first openly transgender person to hold a prefectural assembly position in Japan. Pew Research Center. Macromill Embrain, The Diplomat ,